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Re: U-995
« Reply #255 on: 03 Feb , 2011, 03:41 »
I have saved some of your pix for future weathering reference, in my "Info and techniques" folder. Outstanding.

Yes, they did get a  lot of wear. I read Fluckey's book and Dick O'Kane's, and Iron Coffins - all three gents make some kind of similar comment about seeing their boat and all the chipped paint, faded, and salt damaged paint, even after only a few months.
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Re: U-995
« Reply #256 on: 04 Feb , 2011, 08:18 »
I`ve been busy with rust streaks, i use oil paint for this task because oil paint give`s me plenty of time to work.






I also added dark algae/seeweed on the hull, the contrast between the satin hull and the matt algae`s can be seen on this pic.
I give this aspect a lot of attention because in my opinion various gradations between satin and matt brings more `life` into a model.







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Re: U-995
« Reply #257 on: 05 Feb , 2011, 15:04 »
 

               :o !

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Re: U-995
« Reply #258 on: 06 Feb , 2011, 08:07 »
I added waterstripes/streaks on the upper half of the saddletanks, i did this with various shades of oilpaint.









I also airbrushed algae/seeweed on the waterline of the boat.
In my opinion this must be barely visible, on the pic below the green line can be seen on the saddletank













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Re: U-995
« Reply #259 on: 06 Feb , 2011, 13:54 »
Wonderful work Karel.  The painting and detail is first rate!

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Re: U-995
« Reply #260 on: 06 Feb , 2011, 18:27 »
Amazing work Karel! I'm sure that it'll look terrific with the deck !

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Re: U-995
« Reply #261 on: 08 Feb , 2011, 13:53 »
Small update; i finished and weathered the aft steel deck.











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Re: U-995
« Reply #262 on: 09 Feb , 2011, 11:07 »
Very impressive.

Always tuned...

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Re: U-995
« Reply #263 on: 09 Feb , 2011, 11:30 »
Very impressive.

I'm agree!  :o

Always tuned...

Me too

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Re: U-995
« Reply #264 on: 11 Feb , 2011, 09:56 »
 :D many thanks guys...



I glued the wooden deck on the hull.
Before i could do that, i had to glue the lifeboat canisters (wich i made before) to the underside of the deck.




Here the deck is fixed on the hull, i also darkened the deck a bit with some filters, and added some whitish  dried seasalt stains around the hinges/hatches.










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Re: U-995
« Reply #265 on: 11 Feb , 2011, 10:22 »
Of all the boats I've seen Karel I have to say that yours has the best deck! Keep up the good work!

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Re: U-995
« Reply #266 on: 11 Feb , 2011, 11:46 »
Karel, great deck and hull!

She look like she had a long hard patrol at sea!

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Re: U-995
« Reply #267 on: 12 Feb , 2011, 01:29 »
Deck looks beautiful, very natural and real.
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Re: U-995
« Reply #268 on: 12 Feb , 2011, 17:08 »
Guy`s, thank you very much for the kind words, this really gives me a boost to make the best of this project  ;)


I started work on the conning tower.
The tower had the same wintercamo paint as the upperhull; white on top of the basecolour.
To simulate a worn wintercamo (as often seen after a long mission), again i used the hairspray technique.
After that i smooth the edges of the chips a bit on some places with very fine sandingpaper, to simulate an irregularly worn pattern.
Of course this is only the beginning of the weathering proces on the tower, it still needs a lot of work.

The picture is a bit on the dark side, but this way the contrast between the base colour and the white wintercamo is more natural and beside that, it gives the pic a nice atmosphere  8)








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Re: U-995
« Reply #269 on: 12 Feb , 2011, 17:12 »
Great work Karel. Could you tell me how this hairspray technique works? Keep it up